Micropower generation using combustion: Issues and approaches

The push toward the miniaturization of electromechanical devices and the resulting need for micropower generation (milliwatts to watts) with low-weight, long-life devices has led to the recent development of the field of microscale combustion. The concept behind this new field is that since batteries have low specific energy and liquid hydrocarbon fuels have a very high specific energy, a miniaturized power-generating device, even with a...